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I don't see the advantage. What market segment are they attacking? Technology wise it would be a step forward from the current form of telephony, the consumer on the other hand doesn't care, they just want a product that works in the end and which they can use to communicate with their friends and family.

Google has done wonders with android because they attacked a market segment that apple was ignoring, cheaper smart phones for people that don't necessarily care so much about apps.

With google's buyout of motorola, im just waiting for the 'free' phone. where sms and a phone line are free for users in exchange for reading/listening to ads. Data plan is free (with a limited amount of usage) in exchange for a permanent status bar that displays ads.

This is one of the most genius moves ever. Bloat the value of the stock to a point where all the current investors can get out and make their money back on the IPO. Once they have their money back it no longer matters weather the truth comes out that actually hitting numbers like 25% growth for 10 years is almost an impossible feat, especially for a company that isn't diverse.

does anyone else think its weird that the majority of the reviews are either 5 stars or 1 stars?

How sad. A remake for 500k? Really?

The 8-bitness of the old-school games gave the old sierra games their magic. I would have loved to play a new larry game, but this just makes me sad.

What a waste...

The question in the end is who is responsible for the 'file.' MegaUpload was shutdown because they are being targeted as the responsible party. Most sites like YouTube and others have convinced the necessary parties that they are not responsible.

Once a file is broken down into multiple parts and scattered throughout, can you be held responsible for hosting parts of files? how large does the 'part' have to be to be held responsible? what happens if a file is split into parts and posted on pastebin + github + blogs and a trackers are used to manage and build the files again?

The only thing taking down megaupload will do is create new means to allow sharing to occur.

Walk away for a little while.

I've been programming and playing with a computer since I was around 10. There were a couple times in my life where I completely walked away because I wasn't sure that it was actually what I wanted to do. The first time was in high school. For three years I barely even used a computer. I took a course in Pascal but once I got my assignment done I was doing other things. Before high school I was pretty much glued to my computer 24/7 hacking this game or that.

The second time was a year into university. My freshman year I was on my computer hacking all the time. Learning new web tech etc. After my freshman year I pretty much got sick of everything computer related and even ended up not going to class and the next year dropping out completely.

The time away allowed me to explore new ideas and other worlds that I never did when I was glued to my computer all the time. Learning computer tech is not an easy thing, and it takes A LOT of time and dedication. Some people may make it look easy, but I think those people are in the minority.

After taking a year off I realized that I really missed working and creating stuff computer related. It gave me a lot of motivation to go back to university and start learning stuff again. Suddenly university was actually easy, who would have though listening in class and taking notes gets one 75% of the way there.

Leaving computers behind for a while was the best thing I ever did. I look back fondly at all the experiences I gained during those times.

If you find that there is a hole that programming will fill, you will know it. Picking it up again is easy. Its like learning to ride a bike, you may get a little sloppy but it comes back relatively fast.

Oh and stop visiting HN. It is good at depressing people. Realize that HN is like the rest of the news out there, it focuses mainly on the success stories. Not many people write articles about projects they never ended up finishing. Trust me everyone does it. I have around 20 half done projects. HN gets me depressed as well, and I think i'm a pretty competent programmer and had a chance to work on some awesome projects.

Your not alone... don't let the successes on HN get you down. Learn to program because you yourself get off on it, not because you care what anyone else is doing...

None of the images load... the irony...

Congrats. Its nice to know that companies are still threatened by single individuals. I'm sure this happens all the time though. A threat by a large organization is usually enough to get you to stop what you are doing. If you fight it you go broke. What choice do you have at that point.

how do these useless articles make it to the front page of hn..... sigh...

i'm sure i'll get down voted for this, but i'll say it anyway. what is the point of posting this on hacker news? are you just trying to show off? i mean you are smart enough to have made a product that seems to be worth a significant amount to an third party. what advice can anyone here offer without knowing the exact details of the deal, doing a little research on the company, reading the loi, etc? i seems obvious that the only route of action to take would be to talk to a lawyer (or possibly two) that can advise you.

i think a better question to ask would have been: anyone know a lawyer that would be willing to discuss this with me and give me a little advise?

A few suggestions:

- Kill the power point like slides in the videos, they are not very useful. Such information is better represented as text, so it can be searched and easily referenced.

- Lower the price for the video's they are way too high. I imagine 99% of this information can be easily found on google with a simple search.

- The videos look unprofessional to me, seems like they need an editing pass.

You may get more traction if you release the basic package for free. This allows users to evaluate the videos and buy more when they want the intermediate and advanced courses. At the current price I wasn't even enticed to look at the sample video after seeing the $50 price point for a basic package. Good luck.